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Last week, Sweden’s Princess Madeleine spent three days in Brazil where she did work for World Childhood Foundation (WCF). She was there to take a look at some of the projects WCF is doing in the country, as well as attend a conference done by the foundation.
 Click here to learn more about the conference In Sao Paulo, the Princess was at the “Na Mão Certa – The Right Direction” conference along with two executive directors of WCF: Ana Maria Drummond for the Brazilian chapter, and Charlotte Brandin for the American offices. This conference focused on protecting children from sexual abuse, particularly at the hands of truck drivers who might exploit street children.
The panel included psychologists and representatives of trucking companies. About 1,000 companies pledged to educate their drivers to not sexually exploit young children they might find at truck stops.
“The impact of having this many trucking companies signing on shows how a partnership of this magnitude can have a direct impact on the individual child level,” said Charlotte Brandin, emphasizing how companies can contribute directly to social and cultural change.
After her three days in Brazil, the Princess flew to New York City, which is apparently her home base. There, she does work for WCF’s offices.
The Foundation was set up in 1999 by Madeleine’s mother, Queen Silvia.
Source: Childhood-USA
The House of Bernadotte came together Thursday for the annual opening of the Swedish Parliament, the Riksdagen.
 View more photos here at Svensk Damtidning In the morning, the royal family took part in a church service before the actual opening of the Riksdagen. Everyone was there, from Their Majesties to all three of their children: Crown Princess Victoria with her noticeably growing baby bump, Prince Carl Philip who was taking a day away from his agricultural studies, and Princess Madeleine, who had flown in from New York. Even Prince Daniel was there, on the very day he marked his 38th birthday.
But duties comes first for royalty. After the service, the royals sat through the first day of Sweden’s Parliament session for the political year.
The reason why the royals wear black during the opening of Riksdagen is because that color was the hue for the ladies of the court starting in the late 18th century during the reign of King Gustaf III. It is to upkeep the tradition these days for the royal women.
 See more pics at Svensk Damtidning But black is an option later in the day when an opera is performed and the royals attend. Crown Princess Victoria wore a silvery knee length dress that hid her pregnancy. But her sister, Princess Madeleine wowed many fashion followers by wearing a rather sexy gown – and yes, the color was black.
Source: Svensk Damtidning, Wikipedia
Princess Madeleine’s romance with New York stock broker Chris O’Neill continues as she and her beau attended the annual Amadeus Festival in Salzburg, Austria Monday. The festival is part of the Salzburg Festival which runs for five weeks starting in late July.
 Click here to view gallery at Madonna24.at Wearing a blue dress and a fur wrap, Madeleine beamed as she and 37 year old Chris entered the opera, while her boyfriend held a box of cigarettes. The Amadeus Festival was organized by Chris’ mother, Eva Maria O’Neill, who has done so for years. A socialite who mingles with royalty – she supposedly once dated Prince Charles – Eva Maria called the Princess “a wonderful person”.
For the summer, Madeleine and her boyfriend have been spending time together in Sweden, Italy and Switzerland. The other day in Salzburg, the couple stayed at the luxurious Hotel Schloss Fuschl where they had lunch with friends.
Chris was introduced to King Carl XVI Gustaf during this summer. Last spring, Queen Silvia met her youngest daughter’s new love, and is said to be pleased with him.
Princess Madeleine is expected to return to New York in autumn to continue working for World Childhood Foundation, the charity set up by the Queen.
Sources: Svensk Damtidning, Starlounge.se, Wikipedia
The Swedish royal court recently published an interview with Princess Madeleine where she briefly discussed working for World Childhood Foundation in the United States. The Princess has been living in New York City for well over a year, and while the reasons for that are not fully clear, this interview is likely an attempt to ease criticism that Madeleine is wasting tax payers’ money by doing little but shop and have fun.
 Read more of Madeleine's interview here First, she was asked what she does for WCF, which was set up by her mother, Queen Silvia in 1999 to give children better childhoods around the world.
“I am a project administrator at Childhood’s office in New York,” Madeleine began. “Every day is slightly different, but if I were to describe a day at the office it would involve fairly normal office work. I arrive at the office in the morning, go through my e-mails, read reports, communicate with the projects or deal with any other tasks on my desk for the day. I sometimes attend meetings with various companies in order to try to build new corporate contacts so that Childhood can grow in the US.”
Next, Madeleine described project visits, which it has been reported by WCF is something she often does.
“You can always read about a project, but getting out and meeting the children who receive help or hearing directly from the enthusiasts who run the projects is completely different. It’s fantastic being able to hear their stories and to listen to them when they talk about their day-to-day work, their setbacks, but also their many successes and the progress they’ve made. That gives me the energy to want to do more and get involved more.”
The Princess also confirmed that by the fall, she will be returning to New York to continue working and expanding WCF. However, it is unknown when she will return to Sweden and perform any royal engagements as it is expected of any royal of any country.
Source: Swedish Royal Court
On Monday, the whole royal family of Sweden gathered to mark the country’s National Day. June 6th is the day Sweden adopted a constitution, and although the vast majority of Swedes do not celebrate National Day is any sort, the House of Bernadotte was all smiles for those that do mark the day.
 Click here to see more photos of National Day At 10am, Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel ceremoniously opened the royal palace at the South Gate, Slottsbacken. That is when the public can get a tour of the palace.
Later at around 11am, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia visited the town of Eslöv.
At 2pm, Victoria and Daniel handed out prizes at a citizenship ceremony at Stockholm City Hall.
At close to 6pm, the entire family – including Princess Madeleine who had just flown in from the United States – got into carriages and rode through Stockholm towards Skansen for more celebrations. The royal women dressed in traditional Swedish attire while the men wore their suits and ties.
In Skansen, a star-studded entertainment at Solliden stage included performances by Charlotte Perrelli, Magnus Carlsson, Erik Hassle, Gunilla Backman and Peter Jöback and group Timoteij and tenor Markus Pettersson. The house band was the Svante Persson orchestra.
In the evening, the royals held the reception at the royal palace.
Sources: Royal News Examiner, The Royal Forums
Ever since she relocated to New York City a year ago, there has been controversy over what Sweden’s Princess Madeleine is doing there. For a while, it was said she was working for World Childhood Foundation, a charity set up by her mother, Queen Silvia. But that didn’t go over well, especially when the tabloids reported on Madeleine’s shopping and partying ways.
 Click here for more photos of Princess Madeleine But newspaper Svensk Damtidning recently did some research on the Princess’ life in the Big Apple. It found that she does indeed work for WCF – but without pay.
“Princess Madeleine began working for Childhood in 2007,” said Anna De Geer, who is Assistant Secretary General in Childhood. “It takes time to learn the profession of project officers and I have taught her over the years.”
“Being the administrator of a project means to be onsite and analysis, ensuring that budgets and follow up reports from the various projects. This is a big job and it takes time to get acquainted with and learn.”
According to De Geer, the Princess is working on a project for China plus New York based projects.
“She does not receive wages from us,” said De Geer.
So, who is paying for Madeleine’s lifestyle?
The royal court’s information manager Bertil Ternert says she gets her money from dotations from the state, like most royals do.
Should the Swedish people be pleased that they are funding Madeleine’s jet setting lifestyle? Is she really working on charity projects?
“She has helped to bring information about projects and disbursements of our new system. It has been time-consuming and time consuming,” said De Geer.
“Many of our projects are about helping people in distress. It is sensitive to many times with a photographer. It’s about children at risk and we cherish their privacy.”
Source: Svensk Damtidning
It was supposed to be a lovely time in New York City for Sweden’s Queen Silvia. She was to receive an award for her charity work and spend some time with youngest daughter, Princess Madeleine.
 Click here for more pics at Zimbio Instead, a run in with a photographer sent Her Majesty to the emergency room.
While shopping with Madeleine in New York on Monday, a photographer tried to get shots of the two royals. As she tried to dodge the paparazzo, the Queen fell over some garbage bags while trying to enter her car, and injured her hand and foot.
The result was wearing a leg brace and a bandage around her hand as Silvia received The Health and Human Rights Award Tuesday night. Despite her injuries, the Queen looked every bit pleased to win her award.
The intrusive photographer came from the tabloid, Aftonbladet.
“We are looking very seriously at the incident. I deeply regret the incident. We are now investigating in detail what happened. This will lead a discussion on how we monitor the royal family. Of course we have a responsibility also to how the freelance photographers we use occurs,” said Aftonbladet editor Jan Helin.
Sources: Kungehuset.se, Aftonbladet
Queen Silvia of Sweden was the picture of health when she attended the World Childhood Foundation gala in Hillsboro Beach, Florida this weekend. The Queen had been ill with the flu for a while and had to cancel appearances, most notably a state visit to Botswana.
 Click here to see more pics of the event “I feel much better,” Her Majesty told reporters.
Silvia was joined by her youngest daughter, Princess Madeleine, who has been in Florida doing projects for WCF, set up in 1999 by her mother.
The charity gala included 220 guests, such as golfer Jesper Parnevik, Anders Bagge, and Andreas Carlsson. Singer Josh Groban provided the entertainment. The event was held in the home of honorary consul Per Olof Lööf.
After Florida, the Queen will fly to New York City to receive the Health and Human Rights at the Mandarin Hotel.
She will also spend a few days with Madeleine, who has been living in the Big Apple for months. It is speculated Queen Silvia will take time to meet with the Princess’ new beau, Chris O’Neill.
Source: Svensk Damtidning
 Stella Pictures Sweden’s Princess Madeleine spent Tuesday at the United Nations for a seminar on women’s issues called Status of Women 2011. She was with the head of the Swedish delegation for the women’s commission, Nyamko Sabuni.
The Princess listened as Sabuni talked about the problems facing young girls in the world, particularly child marriage.
“Child marriage is one of the greatest obstacles to girls attending school. In my speech, I would urge world leaders to actively work to prevent child marriages,” Sabuni told reporters before the seminar.
A large number of ministers plus more than 3500 delegates, including from NGOs from around the world, will participate in Women’s Commission’s 55th session in New York. The Equality Summit is going from February 22 to March 4.
Source: Svensk Damtidning, Utbildningsdepartementet
 All Over Press Princess Madeleine of Sweden made an appearance Saturday night at the 54th International Red Cross Ball in Palm Beach, Florida.
Held at real estate mogul Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, it is believed Trump himself invited the Princess to add a little flair to the evening.
“It’s a great thing for the Red Cross to have a real princess; she always pulls in more money,” a source said, according to Svensk Damtidning.
Madeleine was one of the about 400 guests who paid $1,000 to get into the private event. She spent the night mingling and being photographed with politicians, celebrities and powerful businessmen from Liechtenstein, Monaco, Mexico, Netherlands, Barbados, South Africa and Hungary.
Source: Svensk Damtidning, ¡Hola!
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